Team-mates ARE flying the flag

NIMBLE Nook team-mates Andrew Buckley and Gary Ellis were today bidding to reach the last 16 of the Waterloo Handicap in Blackpool.

Buckley beat N Breadley (Bradford) 21-11 in his fourth-round match on Saturday, while Ellis defeated Andrew Moss (Whitchurch) 21-12 in a battle of two former champions.

Buckley’s opponent today was Anthony Gartside of St Helens, while Ellis was up against Rob Swift of Rotherham.

Other last-64 results: J Wilson (Billinge) 21, S Gall (Gt Harwood) 17; M Evans (Chadsmoor) 21, M Hewitson (Singleton) 9; M Geraghty (Stretford) 21, C Livesey (Bacup) 17; S Pratt (Coventry) 21, A Owen (Stoke) 18; C Wraight (Shrewsbury) 21, C Kelly (IOM) 11; A Lowe (Rochdale) 21, A Sherlock (Didsbury) 10; S Coupe (Preston) 21, A McDermott (Wirral) 4; M Thomas (Meole Brace) 21, A Hayes (St Helens) 16; G Cookson (Winsford) 21, M O’Neill (Radcliffe) 7; E Ralphson (Heywood) 21, D Jones (Deganwy) 14; C Kelly (Sheffield) 21, G Sandiford (Whitefield) 11; T Johnstone (Warrington) 21, D Barwise (Liverpool) 15; A Aldridge (Wolverhampton) 21, A Hodgson (Pudsey) 11; J Bailey (Deganwy) 21, A Bracken (Birmingham) 13; W Ditchfield (Eccleston) 21, P Bailey (Birmingham) 19; G Soller (Macclesfield) 21, G Telford (Altrincham) 20; G Boulton (Stoke) 21, A Farmer (Rotherham) 18; C Mordue (Bradford) 21, R Goodman (Heywood) 15; R Swift (Rotherham) 21, J Hignett (Liverpool) 16; M Britton (Scholes) 21, R Goodhand (Warrington) 12; A Sykes (Mirfield) 21, M Bower (Sheffield) 15; C Fielding (Birmingham) 21, M Leach (Preston) 12; M Gilmore (Wallasey) 21, D Fisher (Leeds) 14; A Gartside (St Helens) 21, R Hitchen (Halifax) 15; M Bacon (Bolton) 21, A Ward (Poulton) 20; D Clarkson (Lancaster) 21, M Gratton (Derby) 11; K Morris (Stoke) 21, P Bennett (Moston) 12; M Gilpin (Kendal) 21, R Helliwell (Hebden Bridge) 9; P Consterdine (Bolton) 21, M Holden (St Helens) abs; D Plenderleith (North Midlands) 21, D Carter (Derby) 12.

o MOORSIDE’S Graeme Wilson returned to his native Yorkshire on Saturday to win the £5,000 Brighouse Classic with a 21-13 defeat of Chesterfield’s Andrew Spragg.

Wilson was in imperious form all night, starting with a 21-11 verdict over Andrew Cairns (Rawtenstall).

Mark Ferris (Stoke) was brushed aside 21-7 in the last eight, while John Richardson (Doncaster) was dispatched 21-16 in the semi-finals.